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La Perouse enters Botany Bay and his chaplain, Abbe Mones, celebrates the first Mass within Australian territory
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First Irish convicts transported to Botany Bay
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Fr James Dixon and two other priests arrested as part of the 1798 Irish Rebellion are transported to New South Wales as convicts
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The first official public Mass was held under strict Government supervision
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Fr John Therry and Fr Philip Conolly, Australia’s first official priests, arrive in Sydney. Fr Therry opens the first Catholic school in Parramatta
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The foundation stone of St Mary’s Chapel is laid by Governor Macquarie and blessed by Fr Therry. Father Connolly built the first Catholic church in Tasmania
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Fr Therry founds the first Catholic school on Hunter Street, Parramatta
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John Bede Polding was ordained as a Bishop and had jurisdiction over the Commonwealth of Australia.
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Fr Therry as the colony’s official chaplain. Catholic centres are established in Wollongong, Maitland, Parramatta and Windsor.
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Polding launched the first Catholic Mission to the Aboriginal people on Stradbroke Island, Queensland.
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The Sisters of Charity establish St Vincent’s Hospital in the centre of Sydney and offer its services free to all people, but especially to the poor
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Mary MacKillop becomes the first Sister and Mother Superior of the Sisters of St Joseph
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Archbishop Polding dies at Sacred Heart Presbytery in Sydney aged 85.
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First St Vincent de Paul Society established in Sydney.`
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Foundation of Notre Dame University and the Australian Catholic University
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Death of much loved, Pope John Paul II. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected Pope Benedict XVI
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